# Multiple audio collections

**URL:** <https://discourse.beets.io/t/multiple-audio-collections/1084>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [February 1, 2020, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/multiple-audio-collections/1084 "2020-02-01T20:30:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![janpeeters](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discourse.beets.io/janpeeters/32/182_2.png) [@janpeeters](https://discourse.beets.io/u/janpeeters)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.beets.io/t/multiple-audio-collections/1084/3 "2020-02-03T16:41:08Z")

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Hi @juh,

Not sure if this helps, but @macleodmike uses separate collections to separate MP3 and FLAC. Maybe his post can help you.

> [@Separating same album with different codec/bitdepth/bitrate](https://discourse.beets.io/t/separating-same-album-with-different-codec-bitdepth-bitrate/528/4):
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> One problem I had was I wanted beets to keep the duplicate check logic, but only within a given format family. In the end, I found I had to use multiple beets libraries to accomplish what I wanted. It’s not super difficult, I just added the following aliases to my .bashrc: alias fbeet='beet -l ~/.config/beets/flac.blb' alias mbeet='beet -l ~/.config/beets/mp3.blb' As for keeping everything organized, here’s my path configuration: paths: # Albums/A/ASCI Artist Name, The/[YEAR] ASCI Album Nam…

Jan

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